December 28, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 28, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Piquancy	4
2A	5. British fellow	4
3A	9. Treasure holder	5
4A	14. Pretentious in a painterly way	4
5A	15. March ___ (Lewis Carroll character)	4
6A	16. Recluse	5
7A	17. Racket handle	4
8A	18. Letter-shaped bridge support	4
9A	19. Extremely	5
10A	20. Food topping used at Abe Lincoln's birthplace?	13
11A	23. Stein filler	3
12A	25. Wash for gold	3
13A	26. Candidate for A.A.	3
14A	27. Ambulance letters	3
15A	28. Dairy product used at the Seven Dwarfs' dwelling?	13
16A	32. Lug around	4
17A	33. Tulsa sch.	3
18A	34. Sellout indicator	3
19A	35. Rant and rage	5
20A	37. "Good Morning America" network	3
21A	39. Took notice	5
22A	43. Old TV's "The Adventures of ___ Tin Tin"	3
23A	45. Always, in poems	3
24A	47. Vegetable whose name is also slang for "money"	4
25A	48. Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings' Southfork?	13
26A	51. Michael of "S.N.L."	3
27A	53. Calendar block	3
28A	54. Zoom or TikTok	3
29A	55. ___ Palmas, city in the Canary Islands	3
30A	56. Spreads using 20-, 28- and 48-Across?	13
31A	60. Jumper cable connection	5
32A	61. "Make it ___"	4
33A	62. Big lugs	4
34A	65. Candidate for a Booker Prize	5
35A	66. Helper: Abbr.	4
36A	67. Capital of Latvia	4
37A	68. Lead-in to line or setter	5
38A	69. Does as the sun does in the evening	4
39A	70. Kentucky's Fort ___	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Piquancy"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Words that mean the same thing: spice up, piquantness, nip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. British fellow"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: lad, crack, cuss
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Treasure holder"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: bureau, dresser, chest of drawers
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Pretentious in a painterly way"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that showily imitative of art or artists
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. March ___ (Lewis Carroll character)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Recluse"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
• Words that mean the same thing: lone wolf, lone hand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Racket handle"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of grasping
• Words that mean the same thing: clutch, spellbind, bobby pin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Letter-shaped bridge support"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Extremely"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
• Words that mean the same thing: radical, extremist
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Food topping used at Abe Lincoln's birthplace?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGCABINSYRUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Stein filler"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Wash for gold"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Pan, pan off, pan out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Candidate for A.A."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chronic drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: rummy, drunk, inebriate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Ambulance letters"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quad with a square body
• Words that mean the same thing: pica, pica em, em
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Dairy product used at the Seven Dwarfs' dwelling?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COTTAGECHEESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Lug around"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: holdall, carryall, lug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Tulsa sch."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Sellout indicator"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Rant and rage"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
• Words that mean the same thing: force, surprise, tempest
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. "Good Morning America" network"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: first principle, ABCs, first rudiment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Took notice"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Old TV's "The Adventures of ___ Tin Tin""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Always, in poems"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Vegetable whose name is also slang for "money""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: dough, lettuce, simoleons
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings' Southfork?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANCHDRESSING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Michael of "S.N.L.""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Calendar block"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: Clarence Shepard Day Jr., 24-hour interval, Clarence Day
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Zoom or TikTok"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. ___ Palmas, city in the Canary Islands"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Words that mean the same thing: Pelican State, lanthanum, La
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Spreads using 20-, 28- and 48-Across?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOMEMADEMEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Jumper cable connection"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
• The opposite would be: cathode
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. "Make it ___""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: pelting, rainwater, rain down
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Big lugs"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: ape, caricature, anthropoid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Candidate for a Booker Prize"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
• Words that mean the same thing: new, refreshing, fresh
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Helper: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Capital of Latvia"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Latvia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Lead-in to line or setter"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general direction in which something tends to move
• Words that mean the same thing: slew, cut, curve
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Does as the sun does in the evening"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: determine, congeal, arrange
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Kentucky's Fort ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that scottish theologian who founded presbyterianism in scotland and wrote a history of the reformation in scotland (1514-1572)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Knox
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 28, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Evasive maneuver	3
2D	2. Slip up	3
3D	3. Shoe named after a dagger	8
4D	4. Slip-up in writing	4
5D	5. Where Michelle Obama was born	7
6D	6. Dance named after Cuba's capital	8
7D	7. Prized mount	4
8D	8. Come to an end	6
9D	9. Groups of grapes, e.g.	8
10D	10. Word in many cathedral names	4
11D	11. Main course	6
12D	12. Injection at a hospital	5
13D	13. Pitfalls	5
14D	21. 4.0 for a valedictorian, maybe	3
15D	22. Rejections	4
16D	23. ___ of the Apostles	4
17D	24. Heist haul	4
18D	29. Earth, in science fiction	5
19D	30. Raised to the third power	5
20D	31. Enjoys a long, hot bath, say	5
21D	36. Vulcan's telepathic link	8
22D	38. Pottery maker	8
23D	40. Bad situation for an airplane	8
24D	41. Wrist/elbow connector	4
25D	42. Clothes holders on a clothesline	4
26D	44. March Madness org.	4
27D	46. Expresses sorrow for one's wrongdoing	7
28D	48. Jettison	6
29D	49. Mythical Greek monsters	6
30D	50. Destination for a rest cure	3
31D	51. "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," e.g.	5
32D	52. Being named valedictorian, for one	5
33D	57. Heaven on earth	4
34D	58. Simplicity	4
35D	59. Frolic	4
36D	63. Narcissist's flaw	3
37D	64. Instrument in most jazz combos	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Evasive maneuver"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• Words that mean the same thing: zig, zigzag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Slip up"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: drift, stray, slip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Shoe named after a dagger"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small dagger with a tapered blade
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILETTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Slip-up in writing"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Words that mean the same thing: typographical error, literal, literal error
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Where Michelle Obama was born"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that largest city in illinois; a bustling great lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of lake michigan
• Words that mean the same thing: stops, Michigan, Newmarket
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHICAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Dance named after Cuba's capital"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HABANERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Prized mount"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Come to an end"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• Words that mean the same thing: decease, pass, kick the bucket
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Groups of grapes, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a grouping of a number of similar things
• Words that mean the same thing: bunch up, bundle, clump
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUSTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Word in many cathedral names"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sacred place of pilgrimage
• Words that mean the same thing: sanctum, holy place
• The opposite would be: unholy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Main course"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the principal dish of a meal
• Words that mean the same thing: entranceway, admittance, entrance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Injection at a hospital"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Pitfalls"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• Words that mean the same thing: snare, pin, trammel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. 4.0 for a valedictorian, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: grade point average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rejections"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: nobelium, no, atomic number 102
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. ___ of the Apostles"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: work, move, dissemble
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Heist haul"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that goods or money obtained illegally
• Words that mean the same thing: dough, lettuce, swag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Earth, in science fiction"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Raised to the third power"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that raise to the third power
• Words that mean the same thing: dice, cub, cube
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Enjoys a long, hot bath, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
• Words that mean the same thing: soaking, intoxicate, plume
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Vulcan's telepathic link"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINDMELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Pottery maker"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
• Words that mean the same thing: ceramicist, thrower, potter
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CERAMIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "40. Bad situation for an airplane"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse
• Words that mean the same thing: spin
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAILSPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "41. Wrist/elbow connector"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Clothes holders on a clothesline"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: stick, rowlock, thole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. March Madness org."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NCAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Expresses sorrow for one's wrongdoing"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that turn away from sin or do penitence
• Words that mean the same thing: atone, rue, repent
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Jettison"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that degree of figurative distance or separation; or
• Words that mean the same thing: slay, bump off, transfer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Mythical Greek monsters"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
• Words that mean the same thing: Hydra, Snake, hydra
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYDRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Destination for a rest cure"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering place, health club, health spa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
• Words that mean the same thing: intonate, tone, cantillate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Being named valedictorian, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: award, laurels, pureness
• The opposite would be: disrespect, dishonor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Heaven on earth"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: paradise, Garden of Eden, nirvana
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Simplicity"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Words that mean the same thing: relief, informality, alleviate
• The opposite would be: difficulty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Frolic"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american songbirds having a yellow breast
• Words that mean the same thing: frisk, romp, rollick
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Narcissist's flaw"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Instrument in most jazz combos"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• Words that mean the same thing: Adolphe Sax, saxophone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Geography	4	5.3%
Literature	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 12, 2025 at 09:17 PM